DJ Bone and his
Differ-Ent alias go head to head on this, his first album since ‘Out of
Knowhere’ in 2007. It’s a piece of work which, if we take it literally, sees
the funk of DJ Bone in collision with Differ-Ent’s darkness. The tracks are
extremely well produced and are as cohesive an album as the genre is likely to
produce, taking into account the overriding focus on dancing. Bone adds
something extra to his productions which is noticeable, but still in the ether.
Predictably, most of the pieces here are what you would expect them to be, no
nonsense floor-based techno, but they have another dimension which gives them a
subtle edge. The electro present, ‘Compute Her’, ‘Motive Hate Shun’ and ‘I M
Differ-Ent’ is excellent, particularly the last track, coming off the back of
two largely ambient, beatless compositions, rounding off the melancholic tone
previously set. The bittersweet atmosphere is also evident on ‘Fasten 8 Shun’,
‘Gem In Eyes’ and ‘Drum Addict’. This is something that Bone is particularly
good at; the ability to create light from darkness, and vice versa, in broad,
cinematic sweeps.

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